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Testing Einstein
An international team of astronomers have combined the power of three telescopes on Maunakea (Keck, Subaru, and Gemini) to test Einstein’s one hundred-year-old theory of General Relativity in an unprecedented new regime.
September 20, 2019
Former Gemini astronomer Chad Trujillo along with Scott Sheppard were recipients of the 2019 Farinella Prize awarded on September 16th in Geneva, Switzerland for their outstanding […]
August 15, 2019
Gemini Observatory captures critical data on an exotic stellar explosion that’s challenging astronomers to rethink how the most massive stars end their lives. A renegade exploding […]
August 12, 2019
The Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on Maunakea is protecting the Earth by monitoring asteroids that enter Earth’s neighbourhood. On their first night back after resuming […]
August 9, 2019
HILO, HI- After a four-week suspension of work at the summit of Maunakea, the existing telescopes will attempt a return to operations. “The Maunakea Observatories represent an invaluable sector […]
August 8, 2019
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) scientist to install a high-tech […]
August 7, 2019
Astronomers using the Keck and Gemini telescopes on Maunakea have observed a strange pattern of volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon Io. This moon, and our Earth, […]
August 1, 2019
A team of astronomers using the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea have charted the outermost edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. The team selected two very specific […]
July 26, 2019
An international team of astronomers have combined the power of three telescopes on Maunakea (Keck, Subaru, and Gemini) to test Einstein’s one hundred-year-old theory of General […]
July 20, 2019
Aloha to our scientific colleagues around the world, On behalf of the more than 500 people employed by the Maunakea Observatories, we offer a perspective about […]